The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has offered 12 brilliant and indigent students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, scholarships to support their studies at the university.
This was disclosed by the branch Chairman of ASUU, Prof. Kayode Adebayo; explaining that beneficiaries of the scholarship are undergraduates, including those living with disabilities, and spread across levels and different courses of study.
Adebayo, a professor of Architecture, described the scholarship award as a directive from the national body of the association as a way of lessening the financial burden of some indigent but brilliant students across public universities in the country.
The Comrade further explained that every November 12 is being set aside by ASUU to recognise and celebrate association members who have either made sterling contributions or have paid the supreme price in the service of the union.
He added that the union uses the occasion to give out scholarship awards annually to indigent students in various public universities.
This year’s edition of ASUU’s Heroes Day was held at Kaduna State University (KASU), where two deserving students of the institution were given awards.
“In line with the national directive, ASUU-UNILAG awards scholarships to two indigent students of UNILAG on behalf of the national secretariat, and on its own, in line with its congress resolution of October 13th, 2023, would award additional 10 students, raising the number of awardees to 12,” he explained.
According to the professor, while each of the national award recipients would get N200,000, the other 10 recipients would receive N100,000 each, totalling N1.4million.
The recipients would be presented their awards on Thursday, November 23, at UNILAG.
